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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.

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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Law Oneself Possible Satisfaction
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Greatness Man Promise Reward
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Greatness One Liner Ourselves Terrorism
Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Hope Necessary War Weapon
Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.

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